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What if survivors and killers swapped POV perspectives ?

Drixpy_Jayyy
Drixpy_Jayyy Member Posts: 181
in General Discussions

I cant imagine playing survivor in first person I bet it would be scary though. Now for killer I don't think survivors will be able to mind-game you anymore but will probably be hard lol what do you guys think.

Note: This is just a random question

Comments

  • Phasmamain
    Phasmamain Member Posts: 11,534

    This was the first way they tried it but they didn’t like it

  • Reinami
    Reinami Member Posts: 5,699
    https://forum.deadbydaylight.com/en/discussion/247702/what-if-survivors-and-killers-swapped-pov-perspectives

    Having it both be in third person like HSH could be interesting but first person survivor sounds terrible.

  • Pirscher
    Pirscher Member Posts: 616

    Survivor in first person sounds like a fun challenge! I want to try it now

  • Zixology
    Zixology Member Posts: 1,062
    edited May 2021

    Idk... I feel like it might be harder to get some curved lunge hits as killer.

    Let alone killers like Huntress and Deathslinger.

  • PlunderingPanda
    PlunderingPanda Member Posts: 112

    I definitely agree that it would be more scary for survivors. Part of why survivors can be so cocky is their practically omniscient view of things.

    However, by the time you change survivor to FPV, you might as well make a whole different game because practically everything would have to change:

    • Chase dynamics? Survivors can no longer plan ahead. For all they know the killer already changed direction and is moving away. With killers having speed and vision benefits, survivors will waste resources, get tricked, be herded, and lose significantly more chases.
    • Generators? Holy crap. Gonna be incredibly vulnerable, even if you remove generator grabs. It would definitely slow down generator progression if survivors are more scared when the terror radius hits (not a terrible thing).
    • Aura perks? Probably need a rework because they won't accomplish a lot of your view is limited by your character, especially with how much time you spend facing in one direction as a survivor.


    and much more than I can think of, I'm sure.